Re: PostgreSQL 8.0.3 and Ipv6

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Petr Jelinek <pjmodos(at)seznam(dot)cz>, Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, voss(at)arnet(dot)com(dot)br, Chuck McDevitt <cmcdevitt(at)greenplum(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 8.0.3 and Ipv6
Date: 2005-08-21 22:49:25
Message-ID: 4518.1124664565@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> The one place that very slightly bothers me is the ::1 line in
> pg_hba.conf. The fact that it comes last in the default config is its
> saving grace - it won't ever be reached by a passing connection. I think
> at least, though, we should put a warning comment line in front of it,

If you like, you can improve initdb to comment that line out if
getaddrinfo chokes on "::1", rather than believing HAVE_IPV6.

regards, tom lane

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